Improvement in corn-dropping attachments for hoes



lnitzh Stana- EDMUNI) L. .STAPLEEL'OF OHILLIO-OTHE, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 111,883, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-DROPPING ATTACHMENTS FOR HQES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, EDMUND L. STAPLES, of Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Corn-Dropping Attachment for Hoes, of which the following is a specication.

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

General .Description with Reference to the Drawing.

Figure 1 represents, by perspective View, a hoe fur- I nished with my attachment.

Figure 2 is a partly sectional side elevation of' such an'attachment.,

Figure 3 isa transverse section at the line X X.

.Figure 4, a perspective view of the lower end of the r graan-holder.Y

Attached to the under side of a common hoe-handle,A, by means of ears B and wood screws b, is a tubular guide cr conductor, G, open at both ends, and

adapted to receive my tubular grain-holder, I), which holder is capable of sliding up and down in the guide C, and is surmounted by a hopper, E, vhaving a hinged cover, e, to prevent the escape of grains, ears, F, to guide the upper end of the holder valong the handle of the hoe, and a hook or handle, G, by which the holder is ldrawn up, as showndn fig. 2 when it is desired to deposit a hill of grain.

. The guide-tube C has, near its lower end, an ori tice, c, communicating with a pocket, H,"having a sliding gauge, I, whose spring-Icatch J, having a pro-A jection, j, one. or other ot' a series of holes, K, holds the gauge to a more or less elevated position, and thus determines the capacity of the pocket, and, consequently, the quantity of gnain delivered at each stroke of the holder.

Y-lhe lower end of the holder D has an opening, L, guarded by a brush or cut-off, M, which openingr permits two, three, or more grains to escape into the pocket H at each descent of vthe holder, the number of grains `being regulated by the adjustment of the gauge I up-or down in the pocket. l

The hopper-termination of the 'holder gives it capacity enough for an` amount of grain sucient to cross any ordinary ield, and themovement up and down of the' holder, when in use, acts to so loosen' and agit-ate the grain as to ,preserve it from bunchingf The tube or guide being prolonged below the-pocket, the brush,'iu'. ascending, spreads the grains out against the concavity of the guide and prevents bunchm gWhen it is desired to yuse the hoe for other purposes than planting grain, the holder, with whatever grain it may contain, is easily separated, and may be laid aside for future use without spilling the corn. s

The spring-catch J, being securely held by one or other of the holes K-in the pocket, prevents theV poslsibility of any accidental disturbance of the adjustment.

I am aware that a patent was granted on the 10th l C' Zaini vI claim as new and of myinvention f As an improvement on the patent of Cotton and Staples, No. 68,607, the holes K in the seed-pocket H, and the projection j on the spring J, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

EL. STAPLES. Witnesses:

' GEO. H. KNIGHT,

.JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

